Perhaps the thing that makes the Wing Chun, one of the most unique martial arts is the wooden dummy that is used by students. Most other martial arts (and other styles of fighting such as Western boxing) use heavy bags (also called punchbags) as the primary tool for training to develop power. Heavy bag usually weighs between 50-100 pounds and is dense and yet still mild, and the student can deliver strikes it and the wire of time to accumulate power in the arms, legs and joints. A mannequin in wood, on the other hand, is made of wood (although some are PVC), is approximately 5' tall and between 8.5 and 9.5 "in diameter and three 12" arm sticking it to simulate the arms of the opponent. This allows the student to practice to block the attacks of the opponent while also providing strikes the body of the manikin.
Wing Chun kung fu techniques specifically suited to the use of a mannequin in wood. For example, many of the techniques involve simultaneous blocking and deletion. Such a technique is called "tan da" and consists of a "sao tan" (block with the extended forearm and the palm facing upwards) with one arm and punched vertical with the other arm carried out at the same time. The "sao tan" deflects attack the opponent, while simultaneously punch strikes the opponent.
This type of technique can be formed on a mannequin in wood. The student must face the dummy and provides a "tan sao" block against one of higher artificial arms while running a punch to the body of the model at the same time. Since the model is made of wood, the "sao tan" is practiced against a hard surface similar to the arm of the opponent. It is superior to the practice simply blocks in the air, as many other styles. In this way, it conditions the student physically and mentally to know what to expect during the execution of the technique in a real confrontation. In fact, the failure to do so is one of the reasons why the same training in martial arts are sometimes overwhelmed in actual combat. Even if a person operates a technique for several years, if they made only this technique "in the air" and not really against something that resists them, as a training partner or a mannequin in wood, then when the time comes to do it for real, they are not to know what to expect and will likely be surpries when they encounter resistance. It can be compared to a person of learning of baseball with a scouring Ball and the bat plastic, and then when they play their first game of baseball for real, they must use a wooden stick and a real baseball. Even if they know the technique of swinging a bat and hit a ball, it will be significantly different for them and probably distract enough them that they lose their attention.
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